Doodle God
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire
- Price: $.99-$2.92
- Category: Strategy Games
Common Sense Media says
Omnipotent fun, but for older teens only.
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire
- Price: $.99-$2.92
- Category: Strategy Games
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What parents need to know
Ease of play
Violence
Sex
Language
Consumerism
Drinking, drugs, & smoking
Privacy & safety
Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Doodle God puts players in the role of a god creating a new universe from scratch. Starting with only four elements (earth, air, fire, and water), you need to combine the elements to figure out how to create everything else in existence. You can create alcoholic beverages in the game and there are jokes about alcohol. You can also make two humans have sex. Everything is depicted with small thumbnail images. There is also a fantasy aspect to the game, as you can end up creating fantasy monsters like golems, ghosts, zombies, and walking tree people (treants). Our review is based on the iPhone app; the Android app may have some differences in functionality.
What kids can learn
Subjects
Science
- animals
- biology
- ecosystems
- energy
- geology
- plants
- rocks and minerals
Skills
Thinking & Reasoning
- analyzing evidence
- applying information
Creativity
- combining knowledge
- making new creations
What Kids Can Learn
Doodle God wasn't created with educational intent, and we don't recommend it for learning.
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What's it about?
Kids begin with the four historical \"elements\" of earth, air, fire, and water, and then tap on pairs to create new elements or \"groups.\" There are predetermined combinations, so . . . in the beginning . . . kids just run through combinations. For example, earth and fire make lava, and lava and water make stone and steam. Eventually, a prompt challenges kids to create a new \"element,\" the first being a worm.
Is it any good?
QUALITY
DOODLE GOD is a fabulously original concept. Can you create everything in existence, from swamps and clay to dolphins and plasma out of four elements (earth, air, fire, and water)? There's a whole lot of trial and error, mixing one thing with another just to see what happens. But there's also a good strategic aspect to the game. If it gives you a clue such as "What could you combine to form plankton?" you can look at what you've got and decide that your best shot would be water and bacteria. Poof! You've got plankton -- which you can then combine with other elements to create even more new things. This game is addictively fun.
App details
| Devices: | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire |
| Price: | $.99-$2.92 |
| Release date: | March 24, 2011 |
| Category: | Strategy Games |
| Size: | 19.50 MB |
| Publisher: | JoyBits Ltd. |
| Version: | 1.6.1 |
| Minimum software requirements: | iOS 3.1.2 or later; Android 2.2 and up |
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QUALITY
Its awesome, but you can create innapropriate things. Like, if you combine Warrior+Human you get Warrior, Corpse and Blood, or Alchoholic+Car you get Corpse, Corpse, and Alchoholic. You can also create "Censord" and be warned if you combine Human+Human.
What other families should know
Too much violence
Too much sex
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
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QUALITY
Great!
Some iffy elements: Alcohol and Sex
Other than that this game is great!
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QUALITY
yes
Creating the earth is good
What other families should know
Educational value
Great role models
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